Holiday Gift Giving

Our Candied Jalapeños Make The Perfect Gift For That Spicy Person In Your Life!  Our Tame & Mild Is Just For Those Who Have Absolutely Nothing To Prove Yet Still Love The Jalapeño Flavor. No Need For A Fire-Breathing Dragon For These Sweet Jalapeños! Our "Original" Candied Jalapeños And Candied Habaneros Take The Heat To Another Level For Those That Like To Kick Things Up A Notch. 

For This Gift Giving Season, We Would Like To Add Our Own Gift To Your Order With A Minimum Of 2 Jars Of Any Flavor We Will Add Cookbook #2 To Your Order At No Charge!  HO-HO-HO From Campbell Gardens!  Offer Good Until The End Of 2015!

Just Add "Pepper Fan" To Your Order Under Additional Comments!  Heck, We Will Even Add A Gift Card To Your Order, Just Tell Us What You'd Like To Say In Additional Comments!

Have A Merry One From Campbell Gardens!

Rob's Grilled Sammi Melt

Rob is a huge Campbell Gardens Pepper Fan and of Little Bill's Pimento Cheese. He always likes to share his latest culinary creations with us at The City Market. Rob said the secret to making this is to only flip the Sammi one time. This one has a 5-star rating from the gang!

To make one sandwich

Ingredients:

• 6-8 slices of Campbell's candied jalapeños
• 1/2 cup of little bill's pimento cheese, divided
• 1/4 pound ground chuck
• 2 teaspoons of cajun seasoning
• 3-4 thinly sliced onion
• 3-4 slices of bacon
• 2 slices of hearty rye bread
• 1 teaspoon butter

Directions:

1. In a bowl combine ground chuck and cajun seasoning. Pat ground chuck into a thin patty.
2. cook patty in skillet until done and place on paper towel to drain grease.
3. add onions to skillet and cook until soft and golden brown.
4. using a clean skillet turn heat to a medium-low heat. butter one slice of rye bread and place in skillet. spread 1/4 cup of pimento cheese over bread. Layer bacon, candied jalapeños, onions, hamburger patty and top with the remaining pimento cheese. butter the other slice of rye bread and place on top of pimento cheese.
5. toast one side until crusty and brown and then flip sandwich and toast the other side.

Find Us On Facebook!

Come see what our Pepper Fans  have to say about our candied jalapeños. We all like to post our favorite spicy recipes and pictures. We often run contests on our page, keep everyone updated on events we attend. Come join us and become a Pepper Fan and share with us your favorite way to serve our candied jalapeños!

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Candied Jalapeño Popper Chicken Sliders

Ingredients:

• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 2+ tablespoons minced Campbell Gardens candied jalapeños
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 4 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
• 1/4 cup sour cream
• 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
• 1 cup shredded Monterey Jack cheese
• 8 slider rolls, split in half
• 2 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1/4 cup cooked and crumbled bacon
• 3 tablespoons chopped candied jalapeños

Directions:

In a saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook for 30 seconds. Add minced candied jalapeños. Reduce the heat to low and add the cream cheese. Stir until cream cheese has melted. Stir in the sour cream. Add the chicken and stir to coat. Quickly stir in the cheese and remove from the heat. Brush the inside of the rolls with butter, place under broiler until golden brown. Use about 1/3 cup of chicken mixture for each roll. Top with crumbled bacon and chopped candied jalapeños.

recipe adapated from the girl who ate everything

YUMMY

Doing some grilling this summer?  This was sent in from a Pepper Fan and could not resist sharing!

Luthers Smokehouse in LeRoy, Kansas

I was making a delivery trip to Hoovers in Burlington, Kansas the other day and decided to make a stop in LeRoy, Kansas.  Luther's Smokehouse in LeRoy has the best jerky around and we always look forward to running into them at Sugar Mound in Mound City in the fall to stock up.  

Decided our peppers might just like being in their store and walked across the street to talk to the owner and all he did was take one look at our jar and exclaimed about how much he loves our peppers!  He would pick up jars at the Sugar Mound show and then just eat them straight out of the jar!  A Pepper Fan!

I now look forward to making deliveries because now it means I can always have their jerky and it makes great gifts!  They were working on a ghost pepper jerky while I was there!  Smoking Hot!  

The City Market in Downtown Kansas City

Spring is here and so starts the historic farmers market.  We will be under the sheds until the farmers are all coming in with their produce!  Then we will be on the bricks just east of the sheds. Check in with us on our facebook page to see where we our location will be at in the market.  

There is so much happening at the market all day long!  The farmers with their plants, produce, flowers and meat. .  There are dried flower arrangements, jams, jellies, homemade bread, pimento cheese, play things for the kiddies and much more.... you never know who and what will show up at the market, it's always an experience. 

People watching is always fun at the market and all the restaurants surrounding the market make it an all day event. 

We Are Having A Selfie Contest

Come join in the fun on our fb page: Campbell Gardens Candied Jalapeños

We are giving away to the first 5 Pepper Fan selfies!  All we want is a picture of you and a jar of peppers.

Win a FREE Jar of Candied Jalapeños and a Cookbook!!!

Loaded Potato Salad

This is LOADED with flavor and always a sure hit!

Ingredients:

4 cups of cubed potatoes

4 hard boiled eggs, chopped

1/2 cup candied jalapeños, chopped

10 slices of bacon, cut into 1 inch pieces

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/4 cup sour cream

1/3 cup candied jalapeño brine

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

1 teaspoon salt

1 stalk celery, diced

3 green onions, chopped

1/2 cup cheddar cheese, shredded

DIRECTIONS:

Boil the potatoes until they are fork tender. Drain the potatoes and set aside. Cook the bacon in a skillet until crisp.  Place on paper towel to drain.  Pour off all but 2 tablespoons of the bacon drippings in the skillet.  Add the mayonnaise, sour cream, mustard, brine and salt to the bacon drippings in the skillet and whisk to combine. In a large bowl, combine the potatoes, eggs, candied jalapeños, celery and onions.  Pour the dressing over the ingredients and gently stir to evenly coat. Stir in the bacon.

Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours before serving.

Chocolate Covered Candied Jalapeños

Ingredients:

Campbell’s Candied Jalapeños, take seeds out

Dark chocolate

White chocolate

Directions:

Place candied jalapeños in strainer and drain for 5 minutes.  Melt dark chocolate and dip jalapeños, completely cover with chocolate.  Place on wax paper.  Melt white chocolate and drizzle over the top of the jalapeños.  Refrigerate to set.

Breanna’s Candied Jalapeno Cheese ball Is A Winner!

We think this recipe is a winner for any gathering!  Breanna entered her Super Bowl recipe in our facebook challenge contest and won 2 jars of candied jalapenos and a cookbook!

Breanna's Candied Jalapeno Cheese ball

• 1/2 cup of campbell gardens candied jalapeños (chopped in food processor)
• 10 slices of bacon
• 1/3 package of Hillshire Farms all beef smokies (about 10)
• 1 (8 ounce package) cream cheese, softened
• brown sugar
• crackers

Directions:

1. preheat oven to 400 degrees, prepare baking sheet (with edge) with tin foil for easy cleanup
2. in bowl coat smokies and bacon with brown sugar and place on prepared baking sheet
3. bake in oven for 15 minutes
4. while meats are baking combine candied jalapenos and cream cheese, mixing well
5. remove bacon and smokies from oven. Blot bacon with paper towel to remove grease and return bacon to oven for another 6 minutes or until crispy. caution: Bacon will become crisper once removed from oven.
6. let smokies cool to touch and place in food processor, pulse until Coarsely chopped then add to cream cheese mixture.
7. remove bacon from oven and immediately move slices to a paper towel to remove any remaining grease.
8. place 5 slices in food Processor then add to cream cheese mixture.
9. add remaining slices of bacon to processor and chop and set aside for outside of cheese ball.
10. Cool mixture in refrigerator until firm and shape into a cheese ball.
11. roll in remaining candied bacon pieces.
12. serve with crackers and enjoy!

 

Candied Jalapeños Are Good For You In 2014!

The capsaicin in hot peppers has been shown to decrease blood cholesterol and triglycerides, boost immunity, and reduce the risk of stomach ulcers. It used to be thought that hot peppers aggravated ulcers. Instead, they may help kill bacteria in the stomach that can lead to ulcers.

Both hot and sweet peppers contain substances that have been shown to increase the body's heat production and oxygen consumption for about 20 minutes after eating. This is great news; it means your body is burning extra calories, which helps weight loss. 

Here is our health conscientious son's salad... way to go Greg!

Offering Samples & New Recipes!

You can find us out and about offering samples of our peppers. It's is a great way to taste our NEW Candied Jalapeno Habanero and pick up some yummy recipe ideas!

Jalapeno Bites

Jalapeno Popper Bites

INGREDIENTS

1 (8 ounce) can Pillsbury crescent rolls
6-8 ounces cream cheese, softened
4 -8 Campbell's candied  jalapeno slices, seeded and diced finely
8 pieces of bacon, cooked and crumbled
DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray it with cooking spray.
Open can of crescent rolls and separate each roll along the perforation. Cut each triangle in half.
Place 1-2 teaspoons of cream cheese on each roll and top with a teaspoon of diced jalapeno and a teaspoon of crumbled bacon.
Gather the edges of the dough up and pinch them together making sure all the filling is sealed inside. Place the ball of dough seam side down and bake for 11-14 minutes or until golden brown.

Holiday Cheer

We think we make the perfect stocking stuffer this season.  Imagine the surprise your spicy one will express when they pull a jar or two of candied jalapeños out of their stocking this Christmas!  SO much better than fruit don't you think?

Westlake Ace Hardware

If you have a Westlake Ace Hardware store in your town and you don't see our peppers on the shelves, just ask the store manager to carry them for you.  They are great about keeping their customers happy and we like to make it easy for our Pepper Fans to satisfy their cravings!!!

PS:  Look for us in the BBQ Grill Department

Pryde's Old Westport

A lovely store for all of your Holiday cooking needs.  They have EVERYTHING you would ever want to put a meal on the table or to throw a party!  One of our favorite kitchen stores around.  One of those stores you can shop for the day, and they will even keep you supplied with delicious coffee while you browse.  And if you are lucky they will put out snacks!

Pryde's Old Westport

115 Westport Road

Kansas City, MO

We are in Kansas Farm Bureau's "Kansas Living"

What a nice surprise it was to open our magazine this month and find a picture of our peppers featured in Kansas Originals Market & Gallery.  They have a store at the junction of Interstate 70 & Kansas highway 32 near Wilson, KS and at the Travel Center on the Turnpike east of Topeka.  Their gallery is a great way to spread the word about Kansas products for travelers going through Kansas.  It is also a not for profit foundation!

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"Kansas Living"

Winter 2013

Crossroad Connections

The Pepper Lady

Chef Jasper Mirabile set down with us for an interview for the 435 Magazine.  I think you will enjoy reading about how our pepper business started with a bumper crop of jalapeños and why you can't eat just one!